Furniture or cosmetic box plaque carved in relief with a striding bull, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 1.85 x 2.44 x 0.31 in. (4.7 x 6.2 x 0.79 cm), Ivory/Bone-Vessels, This slightly curved plaque is carved in relief with a striding bull set within thin frames at the upper and lower edges and bordered by a stylized plant on the right. It was found in a storeroom at Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was probably used to store tribute and booty collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign
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Furniture, cosmetic box plaque carved, relief, striding bull, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, 1.85 x 2.44 0.31, 4.7 6.2 0.79 cm, Ivory/Bone-Vessels, slightly, curved, plaque, carved, set, within, thin, frames, upper, lower edges, bordered, stylized plant, right, storeroom, Fort Shalmaneser, royal building, store tribute, booty collected, Assyrians, military campaign
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